Like a Caveman!
Mac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting
Dave Hamilton, Pilot Pete & Adam Christianson
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary

You’ve got the latest tips and tricks from this week’s Mac Geek Gab 1006 with special guest Adam Christianson joining Dave Hamilton and Pilot Pete.
Dive into the efficiency realm with quick methods like opening QR codes on iOS without a secondary device and mastering keyboard shortcuts for Finder, dashes, and more. Get clued in on handy hints: Amazon’s departure from IFTTT integration, creating videos from sequential Live Photos, and making the most out of CarPlay cables.
On the gear front, don’t miss out on the MagSafe PopSockets with Wallet and Dave’s take on the Sonos Move 2. And always remember, “Don’t Get Caught” being less of a Mac geek. Dive into the know-now, and keep your tech game strong!
Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned:
- 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 1006 for Monday, October 30th, 2023
- Quick Tips
- 00:00:01 Dan-QT-Open QR Codes on iOS Without Scanning from Another Device
- 00:03:02 Lawyer Jeff-QT-Sonoma Mail Links Attachments Back to their Messages
- 00:05:31 Spark’s Threads…and email in General
- 00:11:13 QT-Save a link to your Google Drive “Starred” Folder
- 00:16:32 John-QT-Keyboard Shortcuts for Finder, Dashes, and More
- 00:21:59 Brian-QT-1005-Enable iCloud Syncing of forScore App
- 00:23:22 QT-Give Shared Libraries time to sync
- When It Says It’s Syncing…Believe It!
- 00:28:34 PSA-Amazon is ending IFTTT integration on 10/31
- 00:29:47 Taha-QT-Create Video from Sequential Live Photos
- 00:34:36 Dale-QT-Swipe Down in iPhone Photos to Return to Gallery
- 00:36:54 Apple’s Scary Fast Event on Monday night
- Sponsors
- 00:40:19 SPONSOR: Green Chef makes eating well easy with plans to fit every lifestyle. Go to GreenChef.com/60mgg and use code 60mgg to get 60% off plus free shipping.
- Your Questions Answered and Tips Shared!
- 00:42:26 Paul-What’s the best CarPlay cable?
- Coiled cables for USB-A to Lightning, USB-C to USB-C, and USB-A to USB-C
- 00:45:27 CarLink Kit Adapter
- 00:48:06 Ben-How do I avoid drive errors when my Mac sleeps?
- 00:55:42 macOS Sonoma Fixes CoreAudio
- 00:59:30 Bill iPhone 15 or Apple watch first?
- 00:42:26 Paul-What’s the best CarPlay cable?
- Cool Stuff Found
- 01:05:58 Tony-CSF-Portable Standby Mode with Battery Packs
- 01:12:42 CSF from Pepcom–TimePorter from Twelve South – $29.99
- 01:13:53 Use the Peanuts Face on Apple Watch
- 01:17:22 CSF-Sonos Move 2
- 01:21:42 Mac Geek Gab 1006 Outtro
- Bandwidth Provided by CacheFly
- Follow us on Mastodon
- Pilot Pete’s Aviation Podcast: So There I Was (for Aviation Enthusiasts)
- Dave’s Business Brain (for Entrepreneurs) and Gig Gab (for Working Musicians) Podcasts
- MGG Merch is Available!
- Mac Geek Gab YouTube Page
- Mac Geek Gab Live Calendar
- This Week’s MGG Premium Contributors
- MGG Apple Podcasts Reviews
- feedback@macgeekgab.com
- 224-888-GEEK
- The Mac Geek Gab iPhone app
- Active MGG Sponsors and Coupon Codes List
- BackBeat Media Podcast Network
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for the Met Geek Gab and listener Dan brings us our quick tip of the week with |
| 0:08.0 | QR codes. Ever get a QR code on your phone and stand there looking at it like well what am I supposed to do with |
| 0:14.6 | this I don't have a phone to scan my QR code guess what Apple knows that they it out. All you have to do is touch and |
| 0:25.1 | hold and it turns into the link that you're supposed to go to or |
| 0:29.1 | supposed to use. So no more looking around for another phone to scan that QR code or taking a |
| 0:35.1 | picture of it and putting it on your other device. That's it. More quick tips |
| 0:39.7 | like this plus your questions answered today on Matt Gate Cab number 1006 for Monday, October 30th, 2023. We're in Greetings folks and indeed welcome to Mac Geek Cab the show where you send in your |
| 1:09.4 | quick tips like that you send in your questions you send in your cool stuff found we share |
| 1:15.1 | quick tips and cool stuff found we share your questions too and we even try to |
| 1:19.5 | answer them we string it all together into an agenda that gives us all the best shot every |
| 1:26.2 | single week of learning at least five new things. Sponsors for this episode include Green Chef.com slash 60-M-G-G. |
| 1:37.0 | That's where you're going to go to get 60% off of Green Chef plus free shipping. We'll talk more in |
| 1:42.4 | depth about their fantastic meal prep kits in a minute. |
| 1:47.0 | For now, here in Durham, New Hampshire, I'm Dave Hamilton. |
| 1:51.0 | And greetings from Dubai, it's pilot Pete. And it's warm here folks in the 90s. I don't recommend it unless you want to work on that |
| 2:00.5 | work on that tan or that heat stroke. |
| 2:03.0 | And Pete, I hear a third voice here today. |
| 2:05.0 | Do you want to just introduce yourself since you've been here before? |
| 2:09.0 | Sure, Adam Christensen from the MacCast, and I am in Chile, South Dakota. |
| 2:15.0 | I thought you were going to tell us you were in Chile in South America, but you know that's a little different. |
| 2:20.0 | Yeah. |
| 2:21.0 | That's actually getting |
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